with ideas such as the "7 year itch" and break-ups left and right, a girl can't help but think, do boyfriends come with an expiry date?
 
when you find yourself beginning to enjoy the company of a particular date out of many, you can't help but ask the guy how long his most serious relationship lasted.  the answers vary - some enjoyed particularly long tenures with ex-girlfriends (four years) and some barely scraped by with something a little more than a fling (6 months).  inevitably, when you get coupled with that person, you find yourself counting the months and days leading up to the "expiry date".  when things get sour, you break it off, believing that all bad "products" must be disposed of quickly, lest they contaminate others (in particular, you.)  however, if and when you do get over the "expiry date" (like my roommate did), you get cocky, believing in your heart that you have achieved the impossible.

experience tells me that somehow, men do expire after a certain period.  not that you don't really want them anymore, or vice-versa, but it just has something to do with their own ability to put up with any sh*t in general.  take, for example, the martian.  he dated his first serious girlfriend on and off for almost 7 years.  he basically drove her around, put up with everything she wanted and needed, and nearly didn't graduate because he was too busy being her boyfriend.  needless to say, i believed he was good for 7 years, or until we got married, except that I had an expiry date and well, i didn't last.

on the other hand, universal pangit ex had an expiry date of 6 months.  in spite of being 33 years old and financially independent, he has never had a relationship that lasted beyond 6 months.  how long did we last? 5 ... and around 6 days.

i'm hoping that the pilot doesn't come with an expiry date.  like honey, i hope to find him with me, fresh and good to go, even after a thousand years.  i hope he finds me with him too when the time comes.  once in your life you find someone who doesn't spoil, curdle, or go sour.  and when that happens, you stop believing in expiry dates, you learn to believe in forever.